FutureMark’s Future Jet Gets High Ratings from Kodak, HP, Screen USA
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"Following more than two years of development and testing, we are pleased to collaborate with all of the major printers and OEMs to demonstrate the tremendous potential for this market-changing product–the industry’s first coated recycled digital ink jet paper," said Steve Silver, president and CEO of FutureMark. "With the many divergent print engines and media applications in this market, we continue to see that Future Jet’s unique coating locks in color, opening the door to ink savings, product print improvement, and market expansion options."
Future Jet’s 4 diamond rating from the Kodak Prosper Paper Rating Program indicates users will experience consistent, high-quality results with the paper. Don Burns, business development director - Inkjet Technology Partnerships at Kodak, said that "the strong partnership between our two companies provided us with insight into FutureMark’s deep technical skills underpinning the development of Future Jet. Their focus on creating a high-quality sustainable solution for digital inkjet is in line with Kodak’s vision for the industry, and we are pleased that the combination of Kodak’s printing equipment and ink with FutureMark’s new recycled coated inkjet sheet gives customers superb print quality."
Future Jet is also now certified for HP Pigment Inkjet Web Press, with a rating of "recommended media to best performing media." As part of the HP certification process, Future Jet performance was comprehensively evaluated, including printed gamut, image quality, text quality, show through, durability, and runability. HP’s testing revealed that FutureMark’s Future Jet product provides excellent print density, runability, fill uniformity, gamut volume, and text quality on the HP Inkjet Web Press.
In its paper evaluation and certification report for Screen USA’s Truepressjet 520 Series, Future Jet achieved an "A" overall rating (4.77 out of 5) for its 45 lb. and 50 lb. basis weights. The paper was also acknowledged as G7 calibrated for optimal image quality, and passed a smudge test to ensure the paper’s capacity to resist smudging from water, fingerprints, or the use of a highlighter. Runability, vibrancy, color quality and opacity were all graded "excellent."
